As part of the 1850, 1870 and 1880 census of the United States, a separate census was taken of the farms and farm outputs. The population census and this agricultural census must have been taken at the same time since they appear in the same order. In cross checking with the regular census, they do compare favorably. A census of the crops and livestock are given in various columns in the census.

Example from this volume:

1870 Smith’s Cross Roads [now Dayton, TN] list on the first page 40 names. There are more on subsequence pages. Some of the names are: Alfred Burton, Eliza A. Garrison, William R. Irvin, James Wilson,....etc.etc.